Daddy Said!!

Hi! My name is Barbara. My dad has Alzheimers.
He stays in the nursing home, where I work.
As I walk the halls, I can hear
my dad's voice echo, as he speaks my name.
My dad was a good man and a hard worker.
He helped raise 6 children, 1 boy and 5 girls.
He always said, " if you can't say anything good
about someone, then don't say anything at all".
My dad loved to entertain people.
Neighbors would sit on the front porch and
listen, while daddy played guitar and would sing.
Everybody was important to him.

Daddy said, " he went coon hunting with his uncle Bob one time".
He was put in charge of carrying the whisky, but
said "he got fired before the job was over."
He said, " he and the coon had a fight and the
only thing that saved him, was the coon was already
dead, before the fight started."
Its seems, daddy drunk the whisky.

Daddy said. " a daddy can always deny their kids, but the mother can't."

Daddy said, " give me my roses while I'm living, their no good to me after I'm dead."

Daddy said," you want to be a old mans little darling, than a young mans fool."

Daddy said, " people think they can do everything when they're drinking, and that's the worse time to try."

Daddy said,"him and uncle Leslie," that's daddy's brother," got into a fight."
He said," uncle Leslie got him with a haymaker in the goozle, he was to
weak to fight and too mad to quit."